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From: meirman <meirman@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: has been changed many times
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 00:11:22 -0400
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In alt.english.usage on Sat, 21 May 2005 06:56:18 +0100 Chris
Croughton <chris@keristor.net> posted:
>
>Interesting, I would have understood "the dollar has been changed many
>times" to refer to changing the format of the banknote. Or does that
>not happen with (US) banknotes?
They changed most or all of them a little in the last 10 years, but
prior to that it was more than 50 years, maybe more than a 100, maybe
a lot more than that.
The change was made this time because photocopiers were able to copy
the money much better than ever before. So they changed the paper,
put in a little hologram I think, and put in some microwriting that
even current copiers can't copy. Maybe sometthing else too.
At the same time they made the person's picture a little bigger and a
little off-center
> The UK ones have been through a number
>of format changes in my lifetime, getting smaller, changing colour and
>pattern (with pictures of different people), that's true for (at least
>some) European currency as well.
>
>Chris C
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